2016 ELECTION/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump complained Monday [11-26-18] that Robert Mueller has thus far ignored Trump 2016 campaign staff who the president said want to be interviewed for the special counsel’s Russia investigation, renewing his attacks on Mueller’s probe into allegations of collusion between Trump’s campaign and the Russian […]
Category: A- Trump As President
11/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and Mexico forged a tentative agreement to keep asylum seekers in Mexico while their applications are pending, yours truly reported over the weekend — a departure from current U.S. procedure, which allows those seeking asylum to remain in the U.S. until their case is reviewed by an immigration judge. The […]
11/26/2018
CAMPAIGN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….hundreds of people closely involved with my campaign who never met, saw or spoke to a Russian during this period? So many campaign workers, people inside from the beginning, ask me why they have not been called (they want to be). There was NO Collusion & Mueller knows it!” -Donald Trump, […]
11/26/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Mueller does his final report, will he be covering all of his conflicts of interest in a preamble, will he be recommending action on all of the crimes of many kinds from those ‘on the other side'(whatever happened to Podesta?), and will he be putting in statements from…..” –Donald […]
11/26/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump brought back the playbook he used during the leadup to the midterm elections, warning of the dangers of illegal immigration and painting Democrats as radical ‘socialists,’ as he returned to the campaign trail Monday [11-26-18] to try to keep a Mississippi Senate seat in GOP hands. A day […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [11-26-18] demanded that Mexico deport the caravans of asylum-seeking migrants pressing up against the U.S. border ‘anyway you want,’ threatening to close off the U.S. border “permanently if need be’…Chaos broke out at the U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana, Mexico, over the weekend as U.S. authorities deployed tear […]
11/26/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Christmas has come to Biloxi, Mississippi, as President Donald Trump holds his second rally of the day in the state. The Mississippi Coast Coliseum has been decked out in an elaborate display that includes dozens of evergreens, a gigantic fake chimney, complete with stockings and a wreath, and Santa’s present-filled sleigh. […]
11/26/2018
EU/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain continued her effort on Monday [11-26-18] to sell her agreement to withdraw from the European Union to skeptics in Parliament, she was blindsided by President Trump, who called the agreement ‘a great deal for the E.U.,’ and warned that, if it were adopted, it […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. Do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are NOT coming into the U.S.A. We will close the Border permanently if need be. Congress, fund the WALL!” […]
11/26/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “General Motors Co said on Monday [11-26-18] it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North American workforce because of a declining market for traditional gas-powered sedans, shifting more investment to electric and autonomous vehicles. GM’s actions add up to the biggest restructuring for the U.S. No. 1 carmaker […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Monday [11-26-18] that some adults had ‘grabbed’ children at the Southwestern border to better their chances of entering the US while confronting federal agents during an incident Sunday [11-25-18] that resulted in the use of tear gas. Trump — speaking at a roundtable event in Biloxi, Mississippi — […]
11/26/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [11-27-18] that he’s spoken with Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith about her comments referencing a ‘public hanging’ and suggested her apology should suffice…Hyde-Smith joked about going ‘front row’ to a ‘public hanging’ in a video posted to Twitter earlier this month, prompting her African-American opponent to call her […]
11/26/2018
DRUGS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration proposed on Monday [11-26-18] to cut costs for Medicare by reducing the number of prescription drugs that must be made available to people with cancer, AIDS, depression, schizophrenia and certain other conditions. Under the proposal, health insurance plans that provide drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries would no longer have […]
11/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MINORITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Days after losing her re-election bid in deep red Utah, Representative Mia Love, the only black Republican woman in Congress, condemned President Trump on Monday [11-26-18] in a scathing concession speech, describing him as having ‘no real relationships, just convenient transactions.’ She used similar language to attack her own party, accusing […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….children from parents, as did Bush etc., because that is the policy and law. I tried to keep them together but the problem is, when you do that, vast numbers of additional people storm the Border. So with Obama seperation is fine, but with Trump it’s not. Fake 60 Minutes!” -Donald Trump, […]
11/25/2018
BORDER CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@60Minutes did a phony story about child separation when they know we had the exact same policy as the Obama Administration. In fact a picture of children in jails was used by other Fake Media to show how bad (cruel) we are, but it was in 2014 during O years. Obama […]
11/25/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Clinton Foundation donations drop 42% – which shows that they illegally played the power game. They monetized their political influence through the Foundation. ‘During her tenure the State Department was put in the service of the Clinton Foundation.’ Andrew McCarthy” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 25, 2018 3:39 pm […]
11/25/2018
EU/MILITARY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Europe has to pay their fair share for Military Protection. The European Union, for many years, has taken advantage of us on Trade, and then they don’t live up to their Military commitment through NATO. Things must change fast!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 25, 2018 3:27 pm […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “General Anthony Tata: ‘President Trump is a man of his word & he said he was going to be tough on the Border, and he is tough on the Border. He has rightfully strengthened the Border in the face of an unprecedented threat. It’s the right move by President Trump.’ Thanks […]
11/25/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mississippi, Vote for @cindyhydesmith on Tuesday [11-27-18]. Respected by all. We need her in Washington!. Thanks!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 25, 2018 3:13 pm […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday [11-25-18] criticized President Donald Trump for having ‘gut-punched’ Congress in its efforts to legislate fixes to America’s immigration system, and said lawmakers are prepared to boost federal funding for border security in exchange for certain reform measures…The senator’s remarks followed a tweet by Trump earlier in […]
11/25/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump capped the Thanksgiving holiday weekend by again expressing gratitude for himself and his administration’s accomplishments. ‘So great that oil prices are falling (thank you President T),’ Trump tweeted Sunday morning. ‘Add that, which is like a big Tax Cut, to our other good Economic news. Inflation down (are you listening […]
11/25/2018
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So great that oil prices are falling (thank you President T). Add that, which is like a big Tax Cut, to our other good Economic news. Inflation down (are you listening Fed)!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 25, 2018 8:46 am […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/IMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Would be very SMART if Mexico would stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer). Dems created this problem. No crossings!” -Donald […]
11/25/2018
EU/FRANCE/MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The large and violent French protests don’t take into account how badly the United States has been treated on Trade by the European Union or on fair and reasonable payments for our GREAT military protection. Both of these topics must be remedied soon.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 25, 2018 8:16 am […]
11/25/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I will be in Gulfport and Tupelo, Mississippi, on Monday [11-26-18] night doing two Rallies for Senator Hyde-Smith, who has a very important Election on Tuesday [11-27-18]. She is an outstanding person who is strong on the Border, Crime, Military, our great Vets, Healthcare & the 2nd A. Needed in D.C.” […]
11/25/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A new book by two informal advisers to President Trump aims to buttress his claim that he is the victim of a vast conspiracy inside the federal government, and it includes an interview with Mr. Trump in which he repeats his unfounded assertion that President Barack Obama was complicit in spying […]
11/25/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Victor Davis Hanson was a very good and interesting guest of Mark Levin on @FoxNews. He wrote a highly touted book called ‘The Second World Wars’ and a new book will soon be coming out called ‘The Case For Trump.’ Recommend both. @marklevinshow” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 25, 2018 7:12 am […]
11/24/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….All will stay in Mexico. If for any reason it becomes necessary, we will CLOSE our Southern Border. There is no way that the United States will, after decades of abuse, put up with this costly and dangerous situation anymore!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 24, 2018 6:56 pm […]
11/24/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Migrants at the Southern Border will not be allowed into the United States until their claims are individually approved in court. We only will allow those who come into our Country legally. Other than that our very strong policy is Catch and Detain. No ‘Releasing’ into the U.S…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/24/2018
ECONOMY/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Small Business Saturday has become a staple of the post-Thanksgiving shopping weekend. “This year, Small Business Saturday…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 24, 2018 1:44 pm […]
11/23/2018
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Friday [11-23-18] asked the Supreme Court to fast-track a ruling on the Pentagon’s policy of restricting military service by transgender people. The policy, announced by the president over Twitter in 2017, would block many of those with a condition called gender dysphoria from serving in the military […]
11/23/2018
ECONOMY/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is the latest member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet to be the focus of the President’s ire, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday [11-23-18], citing people familiar with the matter. Trump is blaming Mnuchin for the recently volatile markets and the Federal Reserve’s decisions to raise interest rates, […]
11/23/2018
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday [11-23-18] asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from military service, declining to wait for decisions from federal appeals courts currently considering the issue. Trump announced in March that he would endorse a plan by […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was back at his West Palm Beach golf course on another sunny Florida day. Trump began his Friday [11-23-18] on Twitter, saying Democrats and Republicans ‘MUST come together, finally, with a major Border Security package, which will include funding for the Wall.’ He says it’s ‘time for action,’ even […]
11/23/2018
INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump disputed that U.S. intelligence officials had concluded that the de facto leader of American ally Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of a U.S.-based journalist critical of the kingdom’s royal family. Citing vehement denials by the crown prince and king that they were involved, Trump said Thursday that ‘maybe […]
11/23/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Friday [11-23-18] he was talking with the special counsel probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election about a possible plea deal…It was not immediately clear what charges Corsi may face. Peter Carr, a […]
11/23/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is not like the chief justice of the nation’s highest court to rebuke a sitting president. But it happened on Wednesday [11-21-18], when Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. — a conservative not known for being publicly outspoken — pushed back on comments made by President Trump…The president […]
11/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A state judge ruled on Friday [11-23-18] that a lawsuit by the New York State attorney general could proceed against President Trump and the Trump Foundation over allegations of misused charitable assets, self-dealing and campaign finance violations during the 2016 presidential campaign. Mr. Trump’s lawyers had argued that the court […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Incoming Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will work with the Trump administration to keep asylum-seekers out of the U.S. while their applications are pending in court, according to a Mexican official with knowledge of the talks. The tentative agreement is a departure from current U.S. procedure, which allows those seeking asylum […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: The Fake News is showing old footage of people climbing over our Ocean Area Fence. This is what it really looks like -…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 23, 2018 6:49 pm […]
11/23/2018
MEDIA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am extremely happy and proud of the job being done by @USTreasury Secretary @StevenMnuchin1. The FAKE NEWS likes to write stories to the contrary, quoting phony sources or jealous people, but they aren’t true. They never like to ask me for a quote b/c it would kill their story.” -Donald […]
11/23/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A massive report issued by the Trump administration on Friday [11-23-18] emphasizes the dire threat that human-caused global warming poses to the United States and its citizens. ‘Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities,’ researchers […]
11/23/2018
CABINET/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence prepared to gather for their weekly lunch in August 2017, the President told his staff to add two more plates. Both men had just welcomed new chiefs of staff — retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly and Nick Ayers, a then-34-year-old […]
11/23/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal scientists warned in a new report Friday [11-23-18] that changes in the climate will disrupt the economies of every region in the country in coming years, with costs threatening to reach hundreds of billions of dollars annually by the middle of this century. The message, echoing decades of sobering conclusions […]
11/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A state supreme court judge has cleared the way for the New York state attorney general to pursue a civil lawsuit against the Trump Foundation for allegedly abusing its tax-free status and violating campaign laws by operating on behalf of President Donald Trump’s business and political interests. In a ruling […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned Thursday [11-22-18] that someone – a group of judges or Congress – must step in to stop what he called ‘horrible decisions’ by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked several of his border and immigration orders…His remarks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, […]
11/23/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/CRIME/HOUSE OF REPS/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Really good Criminal Justice Reform has a true shot at major bipartisan support. @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell and @SenSchumer have a real chance to do something so badly needed in our country. Already passed, with big vote, in House. Would be a major victory for ALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/23/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A few rogue Wikipedia editors may have caused Siri to show a lewd image when asked about Donald Trump during Thanksgiving. Apple’s digital assistant, which pulls some of its results from Wikipedia among other sources, was showing an image of male genitalia in place of a photograph of Trump when asked ‘who […]
11/23/2018
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In yet another aggressive attempt to bypass federal appeals courts, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday [11-23-18] to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s policy that bars most transgender individuals from military service. The policy, first announced by the President in July 2017 via Twitter and later […]
11/23/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump insists the GOP’s midterm election shellacking had nothing to do with him. Things will be different, he says, when his name is actually on the ballot in 2020. While it’s true that most presidents who see their party suffer major losses in their first midterm election get reelected anyway, Trump […]
11/23/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/CRIME/HOUSE OF REPS/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Really good Criminal Justice Reform has a true shot at major bipartisan support. @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell and @senchuckschumer have a real chance to do something so badly needed in our country. Already past, with big vote, in House. Would be a major victory for ALL!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/23/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrat Sherrod Brown just won reelection resoundingly in a Trump state running on Trump’s issues — taking a hard line on trade and helping blue-collar workers. Now the Ohio senator is talking increasingly like he’s prepared to take on the president himself. In an expansive interview that began in his Senate office, […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Republicans and Democrats MUST come together, finally, with a major Border Security package, which will include funding for the Wall. After 40 years of talk, it is finally time for action. Fix the Border, for once and for all, NOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 23, 2018 7:41 am […]
11/23/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats preparing to take over the House are aiming to roll back what they see as President Donald Trump’s overly aggressive nuclear strategy. Their goals include eliminating money for Trump’s planned expansion of the U.S. atomic arsenal, including a new long-range ballistic missile and development of a smaller, battlefield nuclear […]
11/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The New York state attorney general’s civil lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, President Donald Trump and his three eldest children can proceed after a state court judge on Friday [11-23-18] denied their motion to dismiss the case. In her decision, Justice Saliann Scarpulla ruled that a sitting president […]
11/22/2018
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Incensed by a ruling against his migrant asylum policy, President Donald Trump demanded ‘some common sense’ from America’s judges and directed his ire at a liberal-leaning appeals court. He professed respect for Chief Justice John Roberts, with whom he is engaged in a startling public dispute over the independence of the judiciary, […]
11/22/2018
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to pat himself on the back and air grievances about the courts, trade and migrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump’s call, made Thursday [11-22-18] from his opulent private Mar-a-Lago club, struck an unusually political tone as he spoke with […]
11/21/2018
CIA/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a stunning statement, brutally honest even by Trumpian standards, the President made his views of Saudi Arabia — past, present and future — crystal clear Tuesday [11-20-18]. Undermining his own CIA’s intelligence assessment and hyperventilating about the virtues of the Saudis (a ‘truly spectacular ally,’ he called them last weekend), […]
11/21/2018
ENERGY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “You just can’t win with the Fake News Media. A big story today is that because I have pushed so hard and gotten Gasoline Prices so low, more people are driving and I have caused traffic jams throughout our Great Nation. Sorry everyone!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 7:36 pm […]
11/21/2018
OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump took swipes at each other Wednesday [11-21-18] in an extraordinary exchange over just how partisan federal courts really are. Roberts said Wednesday morning there are no ‘Obama judges or Trump judges’ after the president attacked the judge who ruled against his […]
11/21/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS – Whatever happened to Global Warming?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 7:23 pm […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Normally restrained Chief Justice John Roberts took issue on Wednesday [11-21-18] with President Donald Trump’s characterization of a federal judge who ruled against his administration as an ‘Obama judge’…Roberts issued the statement in response to a request from The Associated Press after Trump’s comments about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals […]
11/21/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JAMES MATTIS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has authorized active-duty military troops stationed along the southwest border to use lethal force, if necessary, a significant escalation of the support role they had been tasked with that may run afoul of a 140-year-old law that generally bars the military from operating within U.S. boundaries. White House […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump fired back Wednesday [11-21-18] after Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare rebuke of the President’s disparaging remarks about federal judges…Roberts’ comment came in response to an inquiry from The Associated Press. On Tuesday [11-20-18], Trump slammed the 9th US Circuit again, this time after a judge from […]
11/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: AMERICA FIRST!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 5:18 pm […]
11/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 5:18 pm […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘79% of these decisions have been overturned in the 9th Circuit.’ @FoxNews A terrible, costly and dangerous disgrace. It has become a dumping ground for certain lawyers looking for easy wins and delays. Much talk over dividing up the 9th Circuit into 2 or 3 Circuits. Too big!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/21/2018
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There are a lot of CRIMINALS in the Caravan. We will stop them. Catch and Detain! Judicial Activism, by people who know nothing about security and the safety of our citizens, is putting our country in great danger. Not good!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 4:42 pm […]
11/21/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’Thank you to President Trump on the Border. No American President has ever done this before.’ Hector Garza, National Border Patrol Council” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 4:31 pm […]
11/21/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..are so many opposing view (on Border and Safety) cases filed there, and why are a vast number of those cases overturned. Please study the numbers, they are shocking. We need protection and security – these rulings are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an ‘independent judiciary,’ but if it is why……” -Donald […]
11/21/2018
CRIME/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week to press for action on a criminal justice measure that has long divided McConnell’s GOP, according to three sources familiar with the conversation. Trump’s Tuesday [11-20-18] call to McConnell comes as the criminal justice bill creates tension within the […]
11/21/2018
CELEBS/ENTERTAINMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Comedians are cheering on Michelle Wolf after the comedian responded to a tweet from the president criticizing her performance at last year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. President Donald Trump referred to Wolf on Tuesday [11-20-18] as a ‘so-called comedian’ who ‘bombed so badly last year’ that the White House Correspondents’ Association decided […]
11/21/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great new book out, ‘Mad Politics: Keeping Your Sanity in a World Gone Crazy’ by @RealDrGina Loudon. Go out and get your copy today — a great read!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 10:13 am […]
11/21/2018
MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For a second time, the Trump administration has approved Kentucky’s controversial Medicaid waiver imposing work requirements on some enrollees, reports Rachana Pradhan. The waiver, which takes effect April 1, is part of a strategy to surmount a June federal court decision that blocked the Kentucky program, a major blow to the Trump […]
11/21/2018
CIA/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While some members of the US intelligence community have acknowledged that they are frustrated by President Donald Trump’s public rejection of the CIA’s assessment regarding the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, current and former officials accept that it is well within the President’s rights to be skeptical about information […]
11/21/2018
OIL/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-21-18] praised Saudi Arabia for helping to lower oil prices as pressure intensified for the United States to impose tougher sanctions on its Middle East ally over dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. In a tweet, Trump thanked Riyadh for the recent drop in oil […]
11/21/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is spending the first day of his Thanksgiving break taking advantage of the good golfing weather. White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham says the president was playing ‘a quick round’ on Wednesday [11-21-18] with golf legend Jack Nicklaus, Nicklaus’s professional golfer son Gary, and his grandson G.T. Trump has also […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts clashed Wednesday [11-21-18] in an extraordinary public dispute over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts bluntly rebuking the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.’ There’s no such thing, Roberts declared in a strongly […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts are clashing over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts bluntly rebuking the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an ‘Obama judge.’ Roberts has issued a strongly worded statement says there’s no such thing. Trump is defending […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. defended the independence and integrity of the federal judiciary on Wednesday [11-21-18], rebuking President Trump for calling a judge who had ruled against his administration’s asylum policy ‘an Obama judge.’ The chief justice said that was a profound misunderstanding of the judicial role…That blunt statement […]
11/21/2018
ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s protectionist impulses have upended the global debate about international trade. But so far, his policies have barely changed a fundamental reality: The United States is still less protectionist than it has been throughout most of its history or than most nations are today. Even if the tariffs currently in […]
11/21/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congress just can’t help itself: With a partial government shutdown potentially two weeks away, Democrats and Republicans are dug in, each side upping its demands and vowing not to buckle to the other. President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to obtain at least $5 billion for his border wall, far more than […]
11/21/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump campaigned on deals. Making deals — like an Israel-Palestine peace accord. And breaking deals — like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Iran Deal, both of which he labeled disasters. Since entering the Oval Office in 2016, Trump — a self-professed negotiator —has delivered on many of his promises […]
11/21/2018
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Another brutal day on Wall Street and President Trump once again decided to blame Fed Chair Jay Powell rather than face the reality that the U.S. economy is likely to slow down next year as the tax cut stimulus fades, a trade war with China looms and the deficit spikes higher […]
11/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 7:50 am […]
11/21/2018
OIL/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Oil prices getting lower. Great! Like a big Tax Cut for America and the World. Enjoy! $54, was just $82. Thank you to Saudi Arabia, but let’s go lower!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 21, 2018 7:49 am […]
11/21/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Corporate lawyers at Paul Weiss, a prestigious Manhattan law firm, often spend their days scouring the fine print of client documents and government regulations. But for the past few months, they have been on a different search. In the firm’s Midtown offices, about 75 lawyers have been trying to find more than […]
11/20/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “AMERICA FIRST!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 20, 2018 11:40 pm […]
11/20/2018
COURT/HHS/MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has once again approved Kentucky’s request to require certain Medicaid recipients to get jobs or lose their benefits. The state was set to begin implementing the mandate this summer, but was blocked by a US district court judge, who voided the federal government’s earlier approval. Judge James Boasberg said […]
11/20/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So-called comedian Michelle Wolf bombed so badly last year at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that this year, for the first time in decades, they will have an author instead of a comedian. Good first step in comeback of a dying evening and tradition! Maybe I will go?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/20/2018
E-MAILS/HILLARY CLINTON/IVANKA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Faced with a Washington Post report that Ivanka Trump had regularly used a private email account to conduct government business in 2017, the explanation from her side went like this: She didn’t know that was wrong! I’m not kidding…As you may remember, the central attack by Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton […]
11/20/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told White House attorneys he wanted the Justice Department to prosecute Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James B. Comey, the latest indication the president views the department as a potential weapon to use against political opponents, according to a report. The New York Times, citing […]
11/20/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The lawyer, Donald […]
11/20/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/HUMAN RIGHTS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is demanding a definitive determination from President Donald Trump about whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In a letter to Trump, the panel’s chairman, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), and ranking […]
11/20/2018
COURT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House backed down Monday [11-19-18] from a fight with CNN over its decision to revoke the press credentials of reporter Jim Acosta, writing in a letter to the reporter that it made a ‘final determination’ to give him back his badge. The White House also said it was establishing new […]
11/29/2018
G20/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House aides had hoped that the G-20 summit would be an opportunity for President Donald Trump to showcase his deal-making skills. Now, they’re worried that special counsel Robert Mueller’s latest bombshell could overshadow his latest tour on the world stage. And some think that’s just the way Mueller wanted […]
11/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RACISM/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump spoke up for a Republican senator Tuesday [11-20-18] facing a runoff election and fierce criticism after making a joke about a ‘public hanging.’ Trump said he plans to hold at least two campaign events, possibly even a third, to support Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in her runoff against Democrat […]
11/20/2018
MEDIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump rebuffed rumors that he’s too afraid to visit U.S. troops in a war zone, telling reporters that he does plan to visit a combat area at some point…Trump has faced mounting criticism for never visiting U.S. troops in a combat zone nearly two years into his presidency. During an […]